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FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

CATEGORY - A
IIT-JEE & IO
(MATHEMATICS)
PAPER A

Time: 60 Minutes. Maximum Marks: 40

Name:....................................................................................................

Marks:
Subject: ................................................................................................

Instructions:
Attempt all questions.
This question paper has two Parts, I and II. Each question of Part I carries 2 marks and of
Part II carries 5 marks.
Calculators and log tables are not permitted

PART I
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1. Find the least value of for which 4x 2 1 , for all x > 0.
x

x
t2
2. Find the total number of distinct x [0, 1] for which
0
1 t4
dt 2x 1 .

1 0 0
3. Let P 4 1 0 and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If Q q ij is a matrix such that P50 Q = I,
16 4 1
q q 32
then find 31 .
q 21

4. Find the minimum number of times a fair coin needs to be tossed, so that the probability of getting at
least two heads is at least 0.96.

5. Let z = x + iy be a complex number where x and y are integers. Find the area of the rectangle whose
vertices are the roots of the equation zz3 zz 3 350 .

6. Let the curve C be the mirror image of the parabola y2 = 4x with respect to the line x + y + 4 = 0. If A
and B are the points of intersection of C with the line y = 5, then find the distance between A and B.

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1/ x
7. If lim 1 x ln 1 b2 = 2bsin2, b > 0 and (, ], then find the value of .
x 0

23 n
8. Find the value of cot 1 1 2k .

n 1 k 1

9. For a R (the set of all real numbers), a 1,

lim
1a
2a ... na
1
. Then find the value of a.
n a 1 60
n 1 na 1 na 2 ... na n

10. Two parallel chords of a circle of radius 2 are at a distance 3 1 apart. If the chords subtend at the
2
centre, angles of and , where k > 0, then find the value of [k].
k k
[Note : [k] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to k].

PART II

1. A debate club consists of 6 girls and 4 boys. A team of 4 members is to be selected from this club
including the selection of a captain (from among these 4 members) for the team. If the team has to
include at most one boy, then find the number of ways of selecting the team

x2 y2
2. Suppose that the foci of the ellipse = 1 are (f 1, 0) and (f 2, 0) where f 1 > 0 and f 2 < 0. Let P1
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and P2 be two parabolas with a common vertex at (0, 0) and with foci at (f 1, 0) and (2f 2, 0) respectively.
Let T1 be a tangent to P1 which passes through (2f 2, 0) and T2 be a tangent to P2 which passes
1
through (f 1, 0). If m1 is the slope of T1 and m2 is the slope of T2, then find the value of 2 m22 .
m
1

3. Find the equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes x + 2y + 3z = 2 and
2
x y + z = 3 and at a distance from the point (3, 1, 1).
3
4. For r = 0, 1, , 10, let Ar, Br and Cr denote, respectively, the coefficient of xr in the expansions of
10
(1 + x)10, (1 + x)20 and (1 + x)30. Then find the value of A r B10 Br C10 A r .
r 1

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